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Hey, Ansel....nice photographs!
ReplyDeleteI do not believe that I have ever seen a burl on any species of pine.
Dear Premodern:
ReplyDeleteThere is a ponderosa pine three quarters of mile up the road from my house that has a burl nearly as big as the burl in the photo I posted, and I know of a ponderosa pine in a side canyon that has a burl that is close to four feet across. There is something about the land and climate in this part of Colorado that allows the ponderosas to grow burls.